Quote Originally Posted by AvaJoy
I have been a vegetarian for many years. No meat whatsoever; I do eat seafood sometimes. As for dairy products, I eat cheese and rarely ever eggs, but when I do it is only the whites, scrambled or hardboiled.

I always ate spinach with dinner just about every night, but now with the E-Coli scare I am unsure as to whether to take the chance on even the locally grown spinach . . . . . . I REALLY miss it in my diet!
They say you can have spinach safely IF you cook it.

"E. coli 0157 on fresh produce can be killed by heating at 160 F for at least 15 seconds."

Or you can use frozen spinach.